कृतार्थाः सुभृता ये हि कृत्यकाल उपस्थिते ॥
अनवेक्ष्य कृतं पापा विकुर्वन्त्य् अनवस्थिताः ॥
राजकिल्बिषिणां तेषां भर्तृपिण्डापहारिणाम् ॥
नैवायं न परो लोको विद्यते पापकर्मणाम् ॥
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणाम् अर्थे योत्स्यामि ते सुतैः ॥
बलं च शक्तिं चास्थाय न वै त्वय्य् अनृतं वदे ॥
आनृशंस्यम् अथो वृत्तं रक्षन् सत्पुरुषोचितम् ॥
अतो ऽर्थकरम् अप्य् एतन् न करोम्य् अद्य ते वचः ॥
न तु ते ऽयं समारम्भो मयि मोघो भविष्यति ॥
वध्यान् विषह्यान् संग्रामे न हनिष्यामि ते सुतान् ॥
युधिष्ठिरं च भीमं च यमौ चैवार्जुनाद् ऋते ॥
kṛtārthāḥ subhṛtā ye hi kṛtyakāla upasthite ||
anavekṣya kṛtaṃ pāpā vikurvanty anavasthitāḥ ||
rājakilbiṣiṇāṃ teṣāṃ bhartṛpiṇḍāpahāriṇām ||
naivāyaṃ na paro loko vidyate pāpakarmaṇām ||
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇām arthe yotsyāmi te sutaiḥ ||
balaṃ ca śaktiṃ cāsthāya na vai tvayy anṛtaṃ vade ||
ānṛśaṃsyam atho vṛttaṃ rakṣan satpuruṣocitam ||
ato 'rthakaram apy etan na karomy adya te vacaḥ ||
na tu te 'yaṃ samārambho mayi mogho bhaviṣyati ||
vadhyān viṣahyān saṃgrāme na haniṣyāmi te sutān ||
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca bhīmaṃ ca yamau caivārjunād ṛte ||
‘Sinful, unsteady men who, having attained their aim and been generously maintained, turn traitor when the hour of the task arrives, disregarding what was done for them — for such wrongdoers, guilty before their lord and stealing their master’s bread, there exists neither this world nor the next. For the sake of the sons of Dhritarashtra I will fight your sons, relying on my strength and power; before you I speak no falsehood. Guarding gentleness and the conduct befitting a worthy man, I will not do as you ask today, though it would profit me. But this effort of yours toward me shall not be in vain: in battle I will not slay your sons, though they may be vulnerable and could be killed — Yudhishthira, Bhima, and the twins — sparing only Arjuna.’
6bbdddca1a15 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:17 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna acknowledges the truth spoken by Kunti and the Sun, but chooses loyalty to those who took him in. His dharma here is tragic: he does not go over to his brothers, yet he gives his mother a genuine promise of mercy, sparing four of the Pandavas from his hand.